The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 380 - 380 380 The President's Office An Inopportune Outburst

380: Chapter 380: The President’s Office, An Inopportune Outburst 380: Chapter 380: The President’s Office, An Inopportune Outburst The sun was already high in the sky at the Moongaze Building, where Mu Group was located.

On the twenty-sixth floor was Mu Shanshan’s presidential office.

Normally, the quiet and deserted presidential office was quite out of the ordinary today.

While it wasn’t overcrowded, there were quite a number of chirping and chatting people.

Mu Group’s beautiful General Affairs Director Ling Weiwei, Marketing Director and stunning beauty Shen Peini, other department heads of Finance, Human Resources, and so on, as well as Mu Shanshan’s frosty presidential secretary and assistants, were all present.

Even Shen Fanghua, who usually didn’t come to the company except for major affairs, Mu Shanshan’s steadfast ally on Mu Group’s board, and Shen Peini’s auntie director was seated right next to Mu Shanshan.

The workforce of Mu Group was already predominantly female, a trend that became even more pronounced after Mu Shanshan assumed the position of Group President!

It was as if at this very moment, all the executives gathered in Mu Shanshan’s office were female, an extreme case of the yin overpowering the yang.

Of course, this wasn’t to say that there were no male employees within Mu Group.

After all, being a large established corporate group, Mu Group still employed some male staff.

It was just that they were proportionally fewer compared to females.

Within the executive group of Mu Group, it wasn’t that there were no male executives.

The head of the Security Department, Cao Zian, was one clear exception.

And of course, Lin Fei, the nominal Deputy Director of the Security Department, could also be counted as one.

It wasn’t just the Security Department; other departments, like the Marketing Department overseen by the stunning Shen Peini, also had a male deputy director.

The reason why there were no men in Mu Shanshan’s frosty presidential office at the moment was not that a group of women were plotting to drive all the males out of the company.

Rather, Mu Shanshan had specifically gathered her close confidantes for a small internal meeting.

In short, everyone currently in Mu Shanshan’s office was her trusted associate, or in other words, part of her faction.

Having obtained the promise of a 3.5 billion strategic corporate support fund from the powerful deputy leader Gu Lanzi, it was natural for Mu Shanshan to want to discuss things thoroughly with “her people.”

“A lean camel is bigger than a horse, and even though the Fang Family has fallen, Fangxing Group isn’t just owned by the Fang Family; their strength remains intact.

If we forcefully acquire Fangxing Group with our current strength, if we’re not careful, we could end up dragging ourselves down with them.

I urge you, President Mu, to think thrice before acquiring Fangxing Group.”

The person who spoke out against Mus Shanshan’s immediate plan to acquire Fangxing Group was none other than her most trusted General Affairs Director, Ling Weiwei.

It wasn’t that Ling Weiwei had switched sides and was no longer supporting Mu Shanshan, the frosty president.

But rather, it was most appropriate for these words to come from her.

After all, as Mu Shanshan’s first confidante, Ling Weiwei had to voice the concerns of everyone present.

Right or wrong, coming from her, it was acceptable.

“President Mu, forgive my directness, but what Minister Ling has said makes a lot of sense.

I also believe that now is not the best time to acquire Fangxing Group.”

Following the opening remark by Ling Weiwei, the first confidante, executive director Shen Fanghua also spoke up.

Their words represented the sentiments of most people in the president’s office.

In fact, had it been anyone else facing the frosty president Mu Shanshan, other board members of Mu Group might have already risen up against her by now.

Indeed, as the beautiful Minister Ling Weiwei said, even a dying camel is bigger than a horse, and the Fangxing Group has stood tall in Zhonghai’s business world for many years.

Although the majority shareholder Fang Family has fallen, the capital strength and influence accumulated over the years clearly mean that Fangxing Group can still hold on for quite some time.

Even though, under the leadership of Mu Shanshan these past two years, Mu Group has seen significant development.

However, if one were to attempt to swallow Fangxing Group whole, it would clearly still be a bit too much to handle.

This was also why Ling Weiwei and Shen Fanghua continually spoke out in opposition.

Regarding Ling Weiwei’s and Shen Fanghua’s objections, Mu Shanshan did not take them to heart, or it would be more accurate to say that she had already foreseen this.

What Mu Shanshan needed to do now was to reveal her trump card, instilling enough confidence in Ling Weiwei, Shen Fanghua, and others so that they would unite and capture Fangxing Group in one fell swoop.

“Everyone should be clear, that even before the Fang Family’s downfall, I had already privately reached an alliance agreement with Chairman Su Qinglan of Red Valley Group.

With this calculation in mind, how likely do you think our joint takeover of Fangxing Group with Red Valley Group will be successful?”

“If Chairman Su of Red Valley Group is willing to cooperate with us fully, we would have at least a forty percent chance.”

“In my opinion, it should be fifty percent.

Although Red Valley Group’s overall size is not as large as ours, Chairman Su’s strength should not be underestimated.”

“Are you not being too optimistic?

Even if Red Valley Group is willing to fully cooperate, Fangxing Group won’t be so easy to acquire.

Besides, there are substantial policy risks involved in the acquisition of Fangxing Group.”

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After bringing up Red Valley Group, the voices opposing her immediate move to acquire Fangxing Group softened somewhat, but there were still many of them.

After giving everyone in the office some time to discuss, Mu Shanshan revealed another trump card she held.

“It’s not enough to just have the full cooperation of Red Valley Group, what if we include the City Council’s 3.5 billion yuan special enterprise support fund?!”

After Mu Shanshan, the icy president, finished speaking, the once discreetly whispering executive office suddenly fell deathly silent.

Quiet!

As still as death itself!

Everyone in the president’s office fixed their gaze on the icy President Mu Shanshan.

Their eyes varied in expression, but they all shared the same look—shock and disbelief.

Even Ling Weiwei, who could be considered Mu Shanshan’s closest confidant, was no exception.

It took a while, but Shen Fanghua, the seasoned executive director, was the first to recover her senses.

“President Mu, do you mean to say that the City Council is willing to lend us the entire 3.5 billion yuan special enterprise support fund?!”

Mature and intelligent as Shen Fanghua was, even her voice was tinged with a tremor when she asked President Mu this question.

“Yesterday, I talked at length with Director Gu from the City Council, and in the end, Director Gu decided to lend us the full 3.5 billion yuan special enterprise support fund.

I think now there should be no one who would oppose my immediate implementation of the Fangxing Group acquisition plan, right?”

Although a rhetorical question, the slight upward curl of her pink lips indicated President Mu Shanshan’s confidence.

“President Mu, you really have given us an enormous surprise.”

As Shen Fanghua’s voice trailed off, expressions of surprise and cheers of joy instantly spread throughout the entire executive office.

That is until, from the inner resting room of President Mu Shanshan’s office, came a loud outburst.

“What’s all the noise about, can’t a person get some sleep?!”